The Doctor, &c. ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1838 - Children's stories |
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... young Nell , who was sold in the year 1793 for £ 400 . , with a condition that the seller should have the privilege every year of introducing two Cows to the said Shakespere . And was there not the Bull Comet who was sold for 1000 ...
... young Nell , who was sold in the year 1793 for £ 400 . , with a condition that the seller should have the privilege every year of introducing two Cows to the said Shakespere . And was there not the Bull Comet who was sold for 1000 ...
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... young or old , but he is furnished with one , two , or more of these excellent gifts , " Nobs had none of them : he was an immaculate horse ; -such as Adam's would have been , if Adam had kept what could not then have been called a ...
... young or old , but he is furnished with one , two , or more of these excellent gifts , " Nobs had none of them : he was an immaculate horse ; -such as Adam's would have been , if Adam had kept what could not then have been called a ...
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... young , when the earth was in a state of nature , and turnpike roads as yet were not , the Divine Artist had taken care to give their feet such defence as it pleased him . " If the Doctor had known that Nobs was of Tartarian extraction ...
... young , when the earth was in a state of nature , and turnpike roads as yet were not , the Divine Artist had taken care to give their feet such defence as it pleased him . " If the Doctor had known that Nobs was of Tartarian extraction ...
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... young whale than the man who harpoons the reasonable and dutiful creature when it suffers itself to be struck rather than forsake its wounded mother . ment . In all these cases indeed , a migration into some better variety of the ...
... young whale than the man who harpoons the reasonable and dutiful creature when it suffers itself to be struck rather than forsake its wounded mother . ment . In all these cases indeed , a migration into some better variety of the ...
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... young rejoicing creatures ! their pleasures never pall , Nor lose in sweet contentment , because so free to all ; The dew , the shower , the sunshine ; the balmy blessed air , Spend nothing of their freshness , though all may freely ...
... young rejoicing creatures ! their pleasures never pall , Nor lose in sweet contentment , because so free to all ; The dew , the shower , the sunshine ; the balmy blessed air , Spend nothing of their freshness , though all may freely ...
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Page 160 - There is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with infinite delight; and I think it gave me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago."— Spence's Anecdotes.
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Page 303 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, Or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Page 16 - DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF A NEW METHOD of PLANTING and MANAGING the ROOTS of GRAPE VINES. By CLEMENT HOARE, Author of " A Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on Open Walls.
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Page 25 - Professor Owen's Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Vertebrate Animals, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1844 and 1846.
Page 124 - tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die (Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart) Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproacht me ; the ever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoil'd, nor lost one grain of gold.